02/07/2012paigeComments Off on Madness Announce San Francisco Fauxchella Date

For months, I’ve been telling all my friends that ska legends Madness would be announcing a northern California date the week of April 16th. How could I be so sure? For years, The Coachella Festival […]

10/11/2011paigeComments Off on Anton Corbijn to Direct Coldplay Live Concert Webcast

Anton Corbijn is the latest director to be tapped for American Express’ Unstaged series. Corbijn will direct Coldplay and their performance will be broadcast live from Madrid, Spain. Coldplay will be webcasting their performance from […]

Get out of the house this Thursday for a don’t/can’t miss show at the legendary Comet Tavern in Seattle! Portland’s reigning dance champs Reporter and Seattle’s most unique and mysterious act, Ononos are going to […]

This, Saturday April 16th is Record Store Day! When was the last time you visited your local independent record store? Was it last year’s Record Store Day? I hope it hasn’t been that long. Here’s your […]

12/11/2010paigeComments Off on John Darnielle performs live score for ‘Sir Arne’s Treasure’

San Francisco Film Society Presents World Premiere of ‘Sir Arne’s Treasure’ with the Mountain Goats in Solo Performance, December 14 at the Castro Theatre. The San Francisco Film Society will present Mauritz Stiller’s 1919 silent […]

Last year, Andrew Bird released Noble Beast—an album that, in its deluxe version included special instrumental disc, Useless Creatures. On October 25th, Useless Creatures is getting its own release, via Fat Possum.

The Treasure Island Music Festival, otherwise known as my-favorite-music-festival-on-the-plant is happening October 16th and 17th. If you live in the bay area and you’re into indie music YOU ARE A FOOL IF YOU DON”T GO. […]

05/03/2010paigeComments Off on Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn premeires May 7th at Hot Docs Film Festival

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you damn well know Anton Corbijn is my favorite photographer. This world-renowned photographer and music video director has worked with everyone from U2, Nirvana, and Joy Division […]

03/31/2010paigeComments Off on Last Gasp 40th Anniversary Art Show, Thursday in San Francisco

For 40 years, the good folks at Last Gasp have kept the counterculture ‘s appetite for books satiated, publishing wild, weird, wonderful, and subversive works by R. Crumb, Robert Wilson, Diane di Prima, Mark Ryden, […]

…And now, ladies and gentlemen, what you’ve been waiting for! The Nationwide craze of music festivals keeps rolling with the announcement of the 2010 Sasquatch lineup. It’s one of the first festivals of the festival […]

01/13/2010paigeComments Off on Song of the Day: Back to the Sea by The Sandwitches

The Sandwitches, hailing from our very own San Francisco, released their eclectic and fun debut album, “How To Make Ambient Sadcake” late last year. They rapidly got the attention blogs all around. Their shining mix […]